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Crown Pacific Sells Yellowstone Trucking

B.I. Holdings of Missoula, Mont., bought the carrier from Crown Pacific Partners for an undisclosed price, according to the seller.

Crown Pacific will sell Yellowstone's operations and assets, including its terminal in Coeur d'Alene and the land on which it sits.

Yellowstone Trucking provides freight services in the U.S. and in Ontario and Quebec, Canada primarily to the aerospace, heavy equipment and wood products industries. It offers flatbed, drop deck and curtain van service for truckload and less-than-truckload shipments. Transport Topics

Number of Trucks To Decrease But Length Of Trailers To Increase On Some Canadian Highways

A six-month Alberta Infrastructure pilot project will allow "Rocky Mountain Doubles" – one tractor pulling two trailers – on Highways 63, 28A and 28. These combinations will total a maximum of 31 meters, as opposed to the current 25 meters, the article said.

The change is based on safety factors, a transportation engineer told the Sun, since there will be less trucks on the roads and these doubles will be more strictly regulated. Transport Topics

Quarterly Revenues Drop For The Freight Connection

The company attributed the slide to the loss of an unnamed major customer and the closure of two offices, but said it is pursuing an aggressive marketing campaign to regain business. Transport Topics

Air Canada Expected To Take Mediated Deal To Avert Pilot Strike

The analysts said the deal, though, would crimp company profits and Air Canada's ability to launch a discount airline, Reuters added.

Should the labor issues shut down airline operations, it could quickly become a big snarl for trucks not only serving various U.S. and Canadian air cargo centers but also for cross-border trucking that would have to pick up much of the displaced air freight.

Negotiations between the two sides broke down last Friday, and both signaled they would not trigger a lockout or strike before Sept. 1. A federally appointed mediator offered his own report and his recommended deal on Tuesday, which came down between the two sides' bargaining positions. Journal of Commerce Online said both sides were studying it since, and neither side had so far rejected it. Transport Topics

Canada Plans Second National Trucking Week

Similar to National Truck Driver Appreciation Week recently celebrated in the United States, the goal of National Trucking Week is to emphasize the importance of the trucking industry to the economic well-being of Canada, an Alberta Trucking Association official told the Sun.

The group plans to spread its message through highway sign boards and radio advertising, and is encouraging member companies to plan events for the week, the article said. Transport Topics

DriverNet Sponsoring Disaster Relief Fundraiser

Proceeds from the Jacksonville, Fla.-area golf tournament go to the NATSO Foundation, of truck stop and travel plaza operators. That group is a partnership through which a national network of 584 travel plazas and truck stops helps the American Red Cross in its disaster relief efforts.

Since the NATSO Foundation Disaster Relief Program began in 1996, those facilities have donated more than 12,000 gallons of fuel, and thousands of meals and other services to Red Cross personnel. The program has given assistance in Red Cross rescue efforts for hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters.

DriverNet’s interactive workstations are in more than 400 truck stops and travel plazas nationwide. Transport Topics